Divorce and Separation
1,425 questions
Is the failure to respond to one's wife due to obsessive thoughts (waswasah) or the belief that she caused them considered a divorce (talaq), and is speaking to her with anger and agitation considered a divorce?
Does the marriage, as described in its details, exceed the legal number of divorces?
How can one deal with a husband who betrayed his wife and claimed that his actions were due to the influence of magic, and refused to change his job, knowing that he rarely spends the night at home, which violates the agreed-upon marriage conditions?
Is what is known as "al-firaq" permissible in Islam, where the spouses separate physically while the marital bond remains, with the husband continuing to provide financial support and visit the home? And does the waiting period (iddah) for the first divorce end with the completion of the third menstrual cycle or with the beginning of the fourth? And what actions are permissible during the iddah, such as kissing and embracing, that do not affect the divorce?
What is the ruling on a husband remaining in his wife's room and spending the night there, despite the absence of any contact between them, his having divorced her multiple times, his ill-treatment of her, and his repeated insults to her? And what is she required to do, Islamically?
Is the wife considered divorced if he said to her "You are not my responsibility" twice, and she informed her family of their marital problems, knowing that she has been his wife for 25 years and they have no children?
Is a wife forbidden to her husband if he returns to drug use after having sworn on the Book of Allah not to return, with the intention that she would be forbidden to him if he returned? What is the expiation for his oath? And is this method of swearing permissible?
Is the waiting period (iddah) obligatory for a divorced Christian wife? Does the husband have the right to impose it on her? What is the ruling on the husband remaining in the wife's house after separation due to the unavailability of other housing?
Does a divorce occur with the husband's statement, "If you do not leave with me and exit through this door and return with me to the house, then the matter is effective," if the wife returns with him the following day?
Is maintenance obligatory — maintenance for the waiting period or for consolation — for the husband after divorcing his wife for the second time, knowing that there are no children between them, and is it permissible for him to divorce her a third time to waive maintenance from her?
Is Fatwa No. 325834, concerning the ruling on divorce for an individual afflicted with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), applicable even if he was not specifically suffering from divorce-related obsessions at the time, but rather from a constricted chest resulting from obsessions concerning all his affairs, and another obsession to which he alluded by saying: "If I had considered it against myself, her separation would have been easier for me"?
Is a wife entitled to ask her husband for separation without divorce, while continuing the marital life "for the sake of the children" without granting the husband his rights, and if he refuses, she demands divorce or one of them leaving the home, knowing that the husband does not fall short in her rights and desires the return of marital life, but she refuses? And if the husband accepts this implicit separation fearing divorce, is either of them considered sinful?
What is the ruling regarding a wife remaining with her husband who does not pray or fast after 27 years of marriage, and is she entitled to seek a divorce?
Is the husband's statement: "It is unlawful for me for him to enter my house" considered an oath, in the context of his swearing that the wife's brother will not enter their house?
Does the divorce occur if the husband says to his wife "You are divorced, divorced, divorced" three times on three separate occasions, with him returning home on the first two occasions without renewing the marriage contract, and on the third occasion by phone call, repeating the phrase more than twenty times, and they both went to court to affirm the divorce without completing it, and is the wife considered irrevocably divorced (talaq bainunah kubra) and not permissible for her husband unless she marries another man?
What is the difference between an interpreter (mutāwil) and an ignorant person (jāhil)? And does one break an oath if they tied divorce to an action and then performed it ignorantly, or thinking that their action was not the one sworn upon, or not knowing that their action fell within the scope of what was sworn upon, especially given their extreme caution to avoid fulfilling the condition?
Is a wife considered divorced after uttering apostasy for the third time, knowing that the previous two divorces were in writing via WhatsApp with the intention of divorce?
Why is a woman's request for divorce without cause considered a sin, while it is deemed permissible or reprehensible for a man, even though a woman is more harmed by divorce financially, socially, and psychologically than a man? Is it permissible for a man to toy with divorce without punishment? And what is the authenticity of the hadith: "May Allah curse every man who frequently tastes divorce"?
What is the ruling on one who caused the separation of a couple by informing the husband about his wife’s conversations with foreign men, which led to their divorce and each of them marrying another, given that the informant has repented with sincere repentance, and is he considered sinful when people accuse this girl [of wrongdoing]?
What is the ruling regarding the divorce pronouncement I uttered, and will it take effect if I hit my daughter again, knowing that I regret it and do not wish to divorce her?
Does a divorce occur with the husband's statement, "If you go out on Friday, you will receive the third [talaq]," when he did not intend divorce and it was a joke, and the wife subsequently went out?
Does anything happen by changing the wife's name on the phone to "ex-wife" due to hesitation in separation?
What is the advice regarding reconciling spouses, or divorce if reconciliation is impossible?
Must I divorce my wife if she refuses Islam?